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Total knee replacement in haemophilia
Author(s) -
GODDARD N. J.,
RODRIGUEZMERCHAN E. C.,
WIEDEL J. D.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
haemophilia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.213
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1365-2516
pISSN - 1351-8216
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2516.2002.00604.x
Subject(s) - medicine , haemophilia , arthropathy , complication , surgery , total knee replacement , population , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , osteoarthritis , immunology , pathology , alternative medicine , environmental health
We believe that total knee replacement (TKR) is a safe and effective procedure for the management of haemophiliac joint arthropathy; however, the increased risk of infection and non‐infective complications remain a cause for concern. TKR in haemophilic patients carries with it an increased risk of post‐operative infection in comparison to non‐haemophiliac patients. Those patients at particular risk are the HIV‐positive haemophiliac patients whose CD4 count is less than 200 cells mm –3 . The latest techniques have gone a long way to reducing the complication rate and to achieving results that match those of a similar non‐haemophiliac population.